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HARTFORD — The Achievement First boys basketball coach is like most coaches of high school sports: "My job is to be the most competitive, supportive and dedicated coach I can be. My goal is to become the best coach and role model for my players." Yet there is no mistaking that Laura Lokitis is different. She stands alone, as the only woman coaching one of the 184 boys basketball teams in Connecticut. "We walk into a gym and people look at her, wondering what role she has," Achievement First forward Sebastian Kerr said. "When they find out she's our coach, at first it's amazement or something. When the game starts and she's coaching, and...

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HARTFORD — The Achievement First boys basketball coach is like most coaches of high school sports: "My job is to be the most competitive, supportive and dedicated coach I can be. My goal is to become the best coach and role model for my...

BOSTON — Giddy fans of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots chanted "Brady! Brady!" and clambered atop massive snowbanks for better views as players danced and waved their way through Boston in a Wednesday parade celebrating their fourth...

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Save the date: Friday, July 31. That is when the Seattle Storm comes to the Mohegan Sun Arena to play the Connecticut Sun. The Storm will have two of best guards in UConn history, Sue Bird and Renee Montgomery. The Sun traded Montgomery and the Nos. 3 and...

SIMSBURY — When Delia Brimmer first learned about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, she was in the middle of the ocean.Brimmer, a Simsbury native, was studying abroad as part of a "Semester at Sea" program, and said she was worried for her...

The Boston Olympics? There may be mixed feelings in Boston about The Hub as the Olympic host in 2024, but from Connecticut the prospect looks absolutely delightful.
It's hard to get to places like Sochi, Beijing or Rio de Janeiro. Boston, right up the...

ELLIE JEAN hadn't run in the cross country postseason since her freshman year because of injuries and soccer commitments, but she went out as a champion.
ELLIE JEAN
COVENTRY
CLASS: Senior
COACH: Ed Grace
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Won Class SS...

MANCHESTER — In the first few years of her running career, Cynthia (Wadsworth) Lorenzoni did her best to not run on roads."I hid in the woods," Lorenzoni said. "Nobody saw me running. Women weren't running then. It was weird. And I was in...

HARTFORD — Among the runners from around the world who participated in the 21st annual NU Hartford Marathon Saturday, Jaclyn Marino, 33, of Berlin, was a first-time finisher.
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Before Phil Ambard deployed to Afghanistan, he told his wife, Linda, that he wanted her to finish her goal of running 50 marathons in 50 states. If by chance anything happened to him, he said, it would be something positive for her to strive for, and a...

Michael Wardian is pretty busy over the next month.
But when is he not?
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HARTFORD – Kathrine Switzer and Molly Barker sat at the same table Thursday night in the corner of the room at the Hartford Hilton, feeding off each other's energy.The two women have a lot of it.Switzer, who ran the Boston Marathon in 1967 despite a ban...

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MYSTIC — Geoff Smith, the 1984 and 1985 Boston Marathon champion, made his first pilgrimage to Mystic in June to honor the late John J. Kelley.
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They are mad. Defiant. Hopeful. Healing.
They are the runners of the Boston Marathon, 36,000 Boston Strong. They are the volunteers. The spectators. The first responders and medical people. The photographers, the race officials and timers.
They are...

I ran my first Boston Marathon in 1965.
I will never forget the sheer physical experience, the pain, fatigue and exhaustion. But equally, I will never forget the emotional high — the rising excitement as the miles wore on, the cheering of the crowd as...

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The start of Connecticut Forest & Park Association's Metacomet trail within Penwood State Park consists of a grueling climb – at times a scramble —...